DELHI POLICE have launched raids to find high wrestler and two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar for questioning over his alleged function within the homicide of a 23-year-old former junior nationwide champion, who was crushed to demise in a conflict involving two teams on the Chhatrasal stadium premises in North-West Delhi late Tuesday night time.
“We are probing the role of Sushil Kumar as allegations have been made against him. We sent our team to his house but he was found to be missing. We are looking for him. Several teams have been formed to trace the accused persons,” Additional DCP (north-west) Dr Guriqbal Singh Sidhu mentioned.
“In the initial probe, it has come out that…Sushil Pehelwan (Kumar) and his aides committed this crime…,” reads the FIR within the case registered on the premise of a PCR name and filed by Assistant Sub-Inspector Jitendra Singh.
The FIR states that two others had been injured within the incident that lasted 4 hours. They advised police that they had been “physically assaulted”, it states.
“The deceased was identified as Sagar Kumar, son of a Delhi Police Head Constable, and the injured have been identified as Sonu Mahal (35) and Amit Kumar (27). We have registered an FIR and arrested one Prince Dalal (24), and seized a double-barrel gun from the spot,” Sidhu mentioned.
According to Sidhu, police discovered {that a} quarrel had allegedly taken place between Sushil Kumar, Ajay, Prince, Sonu, Sagar, Amit and others within the parking space of the stadium.
Sagar and his buddies had been staying in a home linked to Kumar close to the stadium within the Model Town space and had been requested to vacate not too long ago, police sources mentioned whereas offering particulars of the dispute that led to the killing.
Sushil Kumar didn’t reply to calls and messages from The Indian Express searching for remark. Sagar competed within the 97-kg Greco-Roman class, and was a former junior nationwide champion and a part of the senior nationwide camp. “Sonu Mahal is a close associate of gangster Kala Jathedi and was earlier arrested in a robbery and murder case,” police sources mentioned.
The FIR states {that a} name was made to the police management room round 2 am from Chhatrasal stadium a couple of “firing incident”. The caller claimed that he noticed two males with pistols firing at others, it states. When police reached the spot, they discovered 5 automobiles within the parking space however no person inside, the FIR states.
“During inquiry, we found that a PCR vehicle had come here and rushed the injured persons to BJRM hospital…,” the FIR states. While Sagar succumbed to his accidents, Sonu and Amit are present process remedy, police mentioned.
According to police, a district crime crew discovered a “loaded double-barrel gun and three cartridges” inside a Scorpio automotive parked exterior the stadium. “The accused…were huddled in cars and assaulted/attacked each other,” reads the FIR.
In 2008, Sushil grew to become solely the second Indian to win an Olympic medal, after Khasahaba Jadhav in 1952. He upgraded the Beijing bronze 4 years later on the London Games, the place he received the silver.
Sushil is the one Indian athlete to win back-to-back Olympic medals in a person sport. He additionally has a world championship title to his identify.
The 37-year-old couldn’t participate within the Rio Olympics after a fallout with the federation over choice points and has not often competed since then. He shouldn’t be within the fray for this 12 months’s Tokyo Olympics as nicely.
